Barrel or receptacle.



L. STERNECKER.

BARREL OR EECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27,1912.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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A TTOR/VE UNITED STATES LOUIS STERNECKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BARREL OR RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application filed August 27, 1912. Serial No. 717,237.

T '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis Srnnnncnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels or Beceptacles, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to metal or steel barrels or similar receptacles in which the heads, formed separate from the body, are secured to the latter in such a manner that a fluid tight receptacle is provided, the object of the invention being to provide an improved receptacle in which the body and head are secured together by means of a malleable iron clamping ring effective to secure the body and head together in a superior manner, and by means of which the body and head may be securely united, readily and simply, and with comparatively little expense.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a side view partly in section of one of these improved metal or steel barrels; Fig. 2 is an enlarged crosssectional view of one end of the barrel; Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are sectional detail views illustrating the several steps of securing the head to the barrel or drum.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures of the drawings.

The present receptacle is an improvement on the prior art, of which I am aware, in that in the first place the clamping rise is unprovided with any recess in its side wall for the reception of the edges of the drum and head, which recess necessarily weakens the clamping rin or requires it to be made of considerable thickness to permit the re cess to be formed therein. In the second place it provides a projection or hump extending beyond the plane of the side wall of the ring and which is of such construction that it obviates the necessity of bending the metal of the head and drum at a relatively sharp angle, or upon itself to form a shoulder for the clamping flange, while at the same time it provides means of curved or ogee form cooperating with the clamping flange of the ring to effectively hold a relatively large portion of the drum and head between such clamping surfaces. And in the third place in the preferred form of the Structure the present improvement permits the bent portions of the drum and head to be bent or flared outwardly without the necessity of infolding any part of such bent portion upon itself to form a shoulder. The present improvement thus provides a structure in which the clamping ring is provided with a relatively long curved hearing or projecting face extending in the same general direction as the side walls of the drum, and with which the clamping flange of the ring cooperates to secure the bent curved edges of the head and drum between them, so that in the present improvement the necessity of infoldmg either the metal of the drum and head or both upon itself to form a shoulder is entirely avoided, while an effective locking of the several members together is obtained in a positive manner without the use of any solder or other similar fastening means and this Without liability of the head and the drum pulling away from each other under great strain.

The present improvement in the preferred form thereof herein shown comprises a drum or body 2 of cylindrical form and a flanged head 3, of any desired shape, at each end the flange 4 of which extends outwardly or toward the end of the barrel. The head is inserted into the drum in the manner shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the flange of the head and a portion of the drum at each end is bent or flared in the manner shown in Fig. 4 to form a relatively large curved or ogee surface 5. A clamping ring 6 is then inserted into the flange of the head in the manner shown in Fig. 5 with its clamping flange 7 in the position shown in said figure. This clamping ring has a projection or hump 8 conformin to thecurvature of the bent portions 5 o the head flange and body, and therefore shown in the present instance as of ogee form, and upon which projection 8 of the clamping ring the bent portions 5 of the head and body are seated in the manner shown in said Fig. 5. Thereupon the flange 7 is pressed or rolled down upon the curved bent portions of the drum and head in the manner shown in Fig. 7 thereby effectively clamping the bent portions of such head flange and drum between it and the annular curved projection or hump of the malleable metal clamping ring. By forming the clamping ring with the curved or ogee surface 7 it will be observed that this permits a relatively large portion of the head flange and drum to be secured between said projection and the clamping flan e, so that there is no sharp bending of the ead flange and drum at any point.

The clamping ring is so formed that a portion thereof extending beyond the edges of the head flange and drum will form a rest for the barrel and this portion may be of considerable thickness while the relatively thin portion 9 of the ring which extends into the flange of the head may be of considerable length to overlap such flange and bring the upper edge as 10 thereof into position to receive the strain of the head should this be necessary at any time.

I claim as my invention 1. A barrel or receptacle comprising a body or drum, a flanged head fitting said drum, the edges of the drum and head being bent into engagement to curve outward beyond the side walls of the drum, and an annular clamping member having a part fitting inside of one of said members and having a curved hump extending beyond such part for the reception of the outwardly bent portions of the head and drum and also provided with a bendable clamping flange extending inwardly and transversely to the side walls of the drum to overlap the transversely extending face of said hump with the bent edges of the drum and head clamped therebetween.

2. A barrel or receptacle comprising a body or drum, a flanged head fitting said drum, the edges of the head and drum being bent into engagement to flare outwardly in relatively long ogee curved portions extending in the same general direction as the head flange and drum side, and an annular clamping member comprising a part fitting inside the flange of the head and having an ogee curved hump extending beyond such part and also having a bendable locking flange substantially corresponding in length with said ogee curved portion of the hump and extending inwardly and transversely to the side walls of the drum to overlap the transversely extending face of said hump with the bent edges of the drum and head clamped therebetween.

LOUIS STERNECKER. Witnesses Y C. A. WEE J. B. MCGUIRE. 

